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Saying tell your boss. he doesn't identify who the boss is, but u.s. taerintelligence officials believe that is a reference to muhammad bin salman. over the last few weeks, several officials told cnn they believe an operation like this involving the inner circle could not take place without the direct knowledge of the crown prince. saudis repeatedly said mbs has denied knowledge of this. they blame this on rogue elements. they repeat this denial to "the new york times." they say they heard the recordings and did not hear the part reported by "the new york times." it doesn't mean it doesn't exi...

About the operation. they blamed it on rogue elements. "the new york times" when it comes to the report received a statement from the saudi government again repeating the denial. they also say the saudis heard the audio and did not hear that part. there is a possibility there are different recordings that turks have shared different parts with different agencies and governments. this adds pressure here on the saudi saudis, the united states and other western allies to get to the bottom of this and to provide explanations of what really happened. >> jomana karadsheh in istanbul. outside the con...

Our international diplomatic editor nic robertson has been following the story live in istanbul this hour. thank you for being with us. the turkish president in a position to apply a great deal of pressure on saudi arabia and the overall investigation. the question now is there a sense that pressure might get him what he wants? >> reporter: it doesn't seem to be. you know, the saudi minister of foreign affairs said this was murder. but what we have heard from saudi officials is a shifting narrative, but one that comes back to that point that it was the murder of jamal khashoggi committed by ro...

Good. >> well, the president also said he spoke with the saudi crown prince tonight. he said mohammed bin salman told him me had nothing to do with the murder, that it was at the, quote, lower level. joining me is retired army general stanley mcchrystal, author of a new book called "leaders, myth, and reality" which i want to talk to you in a second. on this story, do you believe an operation like this could be carried out by rogue elements without the crown prince of saudi arabia having knowledge of it or approval of it? >> i think maybe in some states you could in saudi arabia. i don't find ...

The first is to send a signal perhaps to the ruling regime here, the crown prince himself that the journalists here feel very angry that his loyalty and patriotism might have led to an intent to forcibly repatriate him here, but also it sets himself -- there's even talk here, george, of a national day of mourning for mr. khashoggi. the narrative is rapidly being established that mr. khashoggi was a hero of modern saudi arabia whose life was taken, whose nobility was taken by rogue elements, not by the state, george. >> let's add the context, sam. the context is important that khashoggi was cri...